Whatcha Drinkin'?

Just got back from a week in Seattle - holy schnikies, if you love the hops, this is a great place to go - they grow them right nearby, and so the micro brews and brewpubs and breweries all have insanely fresh hoppy beer. The whole NW is like that, cuz some of the good beer i tried was from Oregon as well.

It is dark and gloomy there this time of year, but you got great coffee and beer to keep you going around the clock.

Agreed Bookman. The entire PacNW is the American mecca of craftbrews IMO. I'm envious I miss Seattle.
I don't remember if I posted awhile back touting the deliciousness of a brew I discovered during a two hour layover in Portland Airport on my way to visit the parents. Laurelwood Brewing Co's Mother Lode Golden Ale. They had their own bar there with a beautiful, and very cool bartender. $4.50 or something for a pint, which threw me off as I was expecting a $7-8 price range. Apparently there is some Oregon law airports can not jack up the prices of food and drink. Tastiest beer I ever had. Needless to say by the time I was boarding my flight I was pretty tatered. So the lessons to be taken from my not so concise anecdote:
1). Get drunk at PDX
2). If you are going to get beer drunk in between flights. Make sure you have an aisle seat. Thankfully I always do.
3). Be sure it's your cool drinking Father and not your sweet, but square Mother that picks you up at your final destination.

So Sam Adams has started brewing New Albion pale ale, which is pretty much the original microbrew, it stopped production in the early 80's. Having not been alive during that time, I never tried it. I bought a 6 pack of it today, and so far am not impressed. It tastes like an overly-ambitious lager. Anyone else tried it?